What will you miss from Galaxy City?

While I'm not a huge Galaxy City fan (started my first character in Atlas Park because I felt it sounded more interesting), I will miss it. I don't really see much "storyline" to Galaxy, contrary to what others have stated, aside from a few plaques, and I don't get the hate for Atlas Park as a zone (though I agree it can have annoying broadcast chatter and could be more dramatically laid out).

I did rather like the layout of Gemini Park, and I generally prefer the starting Galaxy contacts (Rick Davies, the epeeist who fights crime; Gregor Richardson, the straightforward alternative to the touchy-feely, pseudo-profound Azuria; the fantastically named Prince Kiros Nandelu).

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Originally Posted by Golden Girl I think that maybe not all of the contacts will make it out alive from the Freedom Corps building - which would be another way of making the destruction more dramatic, and explain away the removal of the Galaxy contacts

I agree. I imagine they just won't appear in the game again, but you never know. Notably, Rick Davies is married to a fellow contact (Susan, I think). This actually happened along with an issue release; they even hyphenated -Davies onto the female contact's name, a rare example of a minor, ongoing change to the game world. In ongoing fiction, especially comics, "getting married" invariably means "signing one spouse's death warrant," and it looks like that's what'll happen here. Unfortunately, I'd be shocked if anyone on the dev team even knows that these characters are connected in any way- that long predated our current story team. Anyway, roleplayers and lore complainers, take note!

On a more mechanical point, what about the slightly higher-level Galaxy contacts? Yes, their missions are all duplicated in all particulars by contacts' in other zones, but what happens to a character who has, say, "Escort homeless people from sewers" from Rachel Torres when i21 goes live? Developers, take note!

You'd expect other games to kill off un-needed contacts in a destroyed zone? I'd expect them to do that too

Oh...crud. Now I am remember SO many more things that happened that were important to my favorite toons there. I may cry now. I probably will cry when I see it nuked.

Yeah I know I am a sentimental slob.

Will they use this as a reason to revamp the Numeria TF? I hope they don't overlook the missions that actualy do use this zone.

I will miss the relative quiet compared to the bustling of Atlas Park, especially back in the days.

I am holding out some hope that Doctor Vahzilok will come out to help defend the zone. That would make for an interesting take on the whole hero/villain co-op meme.

I will miss how almost no one ever went to GC! Now everyone will choose it!

Of course, maybe now we can end the ZIG being escaped from non-stop, as players will no longer escape from the Zig at the start.

Galaxy Girl RP. Statue RP on Union has always been very marmite (love it or hate it), but I started out a few fave characters there, including my Peacebringer Luminescent Spark. Inspector Jen Kerringer and my other PPD Detective also had Galaxy on their regular beat lists.

Honestly, for everyone saying Galaxy was 'empty of content', the exact same was and is still true of Atlas, at least until the revamp. It's just more people went to Atlas. And, while some people like that, bear in mind that, hey, not EVERYONE likes the same things.

I honestly hope that, outside the tutorial, Ruined Galaxy is still a complete zone. That way it really is win/win. But just removing it wholesale? Meh to that, I say.

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Originally Posted by Zwillinger GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.

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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

I always start and end in Galaxy. I like to do a lap of it as a lowbie, street sweeping to level 6, unless I'm magic, then I can do some of my favourite kick back and relax missions in the game. I like to explore it as a level 51, sometimes finding new places, things I've missed.. There are a lot of very nice touches and sights in the city, you just have to find them.

Galaxy was my Alpha and Omega, and without the chance to protect it with my Incarnate abilities, I feel like it's for naught. If, later on, it's rebuilt and we can return.. Okay, I'll fight for it, tooth and nail, my new Alpha and Omega in hand to meet old friends.

It's quiet, it's prettier, it has one of the most Bad-A characters in the game as your trainer and it has my memories.. I'll miss it all.

There's no snark or negativity when I say this, but: Nothing.

I never started there, I only visited the zone when I had to, and nothing in it grabbed my attention when I did decide to do a little exploring. Destroy it, rebuild it, or don't do anything to the zone. It doesn't matter to me.

on one sense I can see some good coming out of this. There is an argument there are too many zones at lower level and maybe taking one out is a good thing. But as with all things that pass there's an element of "OMG don't take something familiar away and change it for an unknown quantity."

"You got to dig it to dig it, you dig?"
Thelonious Monk

What I'll miss from it? Most definitely the small park area with the picnic tables where Hellions and Vahzilok hang out. I love hanging there at night with the lanterns on and punching on with villains. The whole atmosphere is just plain awesome

The only two things I'll miss from Galaxy City are the one contact that's part of the cape mission, and the one plaque that's required for the Atlas Medallion accolade. As long as they move those two things to a safe zone, I'm good.

Although I always started in Atlas Park (had to, I was xp-hungry, and guess where the teams were?), I always came to Galaxy City for any major event. When Arena opened up, I was there, when all of the RPers went to Galaxy City, I was there, during the new rikti invasion, I was there. I love badging there. BABs will always be my favorite trainer too. Such a shame.

I always start new characters in Galaxy, for reasons already stated by others. For the last couple years, its also been to use the AE building there. With about 125 characters, I've run the low level arcs to death, so I prefer starting out with AE story arcs, and the Atlas AE building is often the most annoying part of the whole zone.

I think that before I-21 lands, that there needs to be some events involving group shots of folks with BaB and the statue, with their "Galactic Fan" badges on.